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ON NOW : Opera on 3
Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro

Opera on 3 Antonio Pappano conducts Mozart's great comic opera The Marriage of Figaro.

22/11/2009

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Duration: 2 hours

Purcell Weekend

Catherine Bott presents a special concert given at Westminster Abbey in celebration of the 350th annivesary of the birth of Henry Purcell. James O'Donnell conducts the Choir of Westminster Abbey Choir, St James's Baroque and a cast of soloists in Purcell's Te Deum and Jubilate, Funeral Sentences and the ode Hail, bright Cecilia!

Carolyn Sampson, Clare Debono (sopranos)
Iestyn Davies, Tim Mead (countertenors)
Ed Lyon (tenor)
Neal Davies, Giles Underwood (basses)
Choir of Westminster Abbey
St James's Baroque
James O'Donnell (conductor)

Purcell: Te Deum and Jubilate; March and Canzona; Funeral Sentences; Hail, bright Cecilia!

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